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Our Man Elsewhere
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Author : Thornton McCamish
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2017-06-01
Our Man Elsewhere written by Thornton McCamish and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A world-famous Australian writer, an inspiration to Robert Hughes and Clive James, a legendary war correspondent who also wrote bestselling histories of exploration and conservation . . . and yet forgotten? In this dazzling book, Thornton McCamish delves into the past to reclaim a remarkable figure, Alan Moorehead. As a reporter, Moorehead witnessed many of the great historical events of the mid-20th century: the Spanish Civil War and both world wars, Cold War espionage, and decolonisation in Africa. He debated strategy with Churchill and Gandhi, fished with Hemingway, and drank with Graham Greene, Ava Gardner and Truman Capote. As well as being a regular contributor to the New Yorker, in 1956 Moorehead wrote the first significant book about the Gallipoli campaign. With its countless adventures, its touch of jet-set glamour and its tragic arc, Moorehead’s story is a beguiling one. Thornton McCamish tells it as a quest – intimate, perceptive and superbly entertaining. His funny, ardent book reveals an extraordinary Australian and takes its place in a fresh tradition of contemporary biography. Winner of the 2017 Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards Shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards and the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Longlisted in the 2016 Walkley Book Awards ‘[McCamish] succeeds beautifully: Our Man Elsewhere is crammed with anecdote and shrewd observation, with the kind of detail and ruminative digression that conventional biographers might consider trivial or irrelevant ... [it] is such a good book that I’m hard put to find anything wrong with it.’ —Inside Story ‘This is one of those rare biographies that will keep you transfixed right to the very last pages, even though in this instance, they are scorchingly sad.’ —Country Style ‘McCamish’s triumph is to apply Moorehead’s own relentless curiosity to his subject, and add a modern prism to the man and his work. McCamish’s writing is elegant, frosted in fresh insights ... marvellous.’ —Herald Sun ‘A detailed, involving and very readable look at the life of a flawed man with a large appetite for life.’ —Books+Publishing ‘Full-hearted, free-striding – this is a book that sings.’ —Helen Garner
A Man From Elsewhere
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Author : James Gordon Farrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
A Man From Elsewhere written by James Gordon Farrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with categories.
History Wars
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Author : Doug Munro
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2021-10-21
History Wars written by Doug Munro and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-21 with History categories.
‘In 1993, Manning Clark came under severe (posthumous) attack in the pages of Quadrant by none other than Peter Ryan, who had published five of the six volumes of Clark’s epic A History of Australia. In applying what he called “an overdue axe to a tall poppy”, Ryan lambasted the History as “an imposition on Australian credulity” and declared its author a fraud, both as a historian and a person. This unprecedented public assault by a publisher on his best-selling author was a sensation at the time and remains lodged in the public memory. In History Wars, Doug Munro forensically examines the right and wrongs of Ryan’s allegations, concluding that Clark was more sinned against than sinning and that Ryan repeatedly misrepresented the situation. More than just telling a story, Munro places the Ryan-Clark controversy within the context of Australia’s History Wars. This book is an illuminating saga of that ongoing contest.’ — James Curran, University of Sydney ‘The Ryan-Clark controversy … speaks to the place of Manning Clark in Australia’s national imagination. Had Ryan taken his axe to another historian, it’s unlikely that we would be still talking about it 30 years later. But Clark was the author and keeper of Australia’s national story, however imperfect his scholarship and however blinkered that story. Few, if any, historians in the Anglo-American world have occupied the space that Clark occupied by dint of will, force of personality, and felicity of pen.’ — Donald Wright, University of New Brunswick
Operation Crusader And The Desert War In British History And Memory
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Author : Alexander Joffe
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-09-03
Operation Crusader And The Desert War In British History And Memory written by Alexander Joffe and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-03 with History categories.
Shortlisted for the 2021 Society for Army Historical Research's Templer Medal Operation Crusader, launched in November 1941, was the third and final British attempt to relieve the siege of Tobruk and break the German and Italian forces in North Africa. After tough initial fighting, the British made important gains, only to be countered by a stunning breakthrough overseen personally by Lt. General Erwin Rommel. As the British situation teetered, the commander of the 8th Army, Lt. General Alan Cunningham, was relieved of duty by his superior, General Claude Auchinleck. This decision changed the direction of the battle and perhaps the war itself. Why and how Cunningham was relieved has been the subject of commentary and speculation since it occurred. Using newly discovered evidence, Alexander Joffe rethinks the events that brought about the sudden relief of the operation's commanding officer, including insubordination. The book then discusses how narratives regarding the operation were created, were incorporated into British and Commonwealth official and unofficial historical writing about the war, and contributed to British historical memory. Based on a decade of archival work, the book presents a new and detailed analysis of a consequential battle and, importantly, of how its history was written and received in the context of post-war Britain.
Sky Swimming
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Author : Sylvia Martin
language : en
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-01
Sky Swimming written by Sylvia Martin and has been published by UWA Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Late afternoon. An isolated lagoon, water glassy, teeming with birdlife—black swans, ducks, a pelican. Sunset begins to tint the sky. I point the camera at the water to catch the clouds reflected there just as a solitary duck swims into view. Everything in the photograph is familiar yet the effect is entirely strange. The duck is swimming across the sky...' The reflections in Sky Swimming can be read as meditations on the enigmas of love, family, ageing, memory, home and belonging. At its heart is a mudbrick house built by two women on an ancient lava flow in the Warrumbungle Mountains, circling back to a childhood filled with music in Melbourne and an early career in the theatre. It fans out across the world to a family mystery in The Netherlands of the 1950s and a friendship in Montreal in the 1990s. Reflections on the process of writing feminist biography are included and the women from Martin’s biographies thread their way through the narrative alongside the people who have helped shape her life, often in unexpected directions.
Secret Agent Unsung Hero
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Author : Peter Dowding
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2023-12-30
Secret Agent Unsung Hero written by Peter Dowding and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research to reveal, for the first time, his coming of age as a leader in escape and evasion during World War II. Dowding helped exfiltrate hundreds of Allied servicemen from occupied France and paid the ultimate price. He was beheaded by the Nazis just after his 29th birthday in 1943.
Supercargo
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Author : Thornton McCamish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Supercargo written by Thornton McCamish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Travel categories.
The romantic mystique of port cities drew adventurer Thornton McCamish on a journey to explore the disappearing culture of the high seas. Setting out from Marseilles, that most famous of port cities, he travelled ancient shipping routes on freighters. Ultimately he discovered that ports of call look very different from the deck of a ship, but that mystique and mystery are often based more on imagination than reality.
The Birds Of Aristophanes
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Author : Aristophanes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
The Birds Of Aristophanes written by Aristophanes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Greek drama (Comedy) categories.
A 14 Day Romance Challenge
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Author : Sharon Jaynes
language : en
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Release Date : 2017-01-01
A 14 Day Romance Challenge written by Sharon Jaynes and has been published by Harvest House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Religion categories.
Captivate Your Husband All Over Again More than 250 ways to WOW your man Does your marriage need a little help in the romance department? Has it grown ho-hum in the daily routine? If so, it's time to spice up your relationship and rekindle the passion with hundreds of creative ways to show your man just how much you love him. Bestselling author and conference speaker Sharon Jaynes offers heart-stirring inspiration and simple ideas that will put a smile on your husband's face and a spark in your marriage. Get ready to... wow your guy with simple acts of affection he'll treasure for a lifetime wake up the passion that was God's idea in the first place watch your marriage grow stronger and your love grow deeper Take the 14-Day Romance Challenge— and make your husband feel like the luckiest man on earth.
Our Man In The Dark
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Author : Rashad Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-11-15
Our Man In The Dark written by Rashad Harrison and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-15 with Fiction categories.
A stunning debut novel based on a man who worked for a civil rights organization and became an informant for the FBI during the months leading up to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.